Example sentences of "stand [prep] the [det] position " in BNC.
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1 | A trade union to my mind stands in the same position . |
2 | One is led to the conclusion therefore that the husband should convey as beneficial owner ; he is very often conveying the former matrimonial home as part of an agreement whereby the wife releases her rights to further claims for capital , and as such he could be said to be receiving valuable consideration from her and it is established that a vendor selling under compulsion should stand in the same position as a contractual purchaser under an open contract ( see Re King [ 1962 ] 1 WLR 632 and Emmet on Title above ) . |
3 | My father ignored it , too , standing in the same position as before , head cocked . |
4 | It 's also very rare that you finish standing on the same position from which you made the cast . |
5 | ‘ Before any enactment existed with regard to actions by solicitors for their costs , a solicitor stood in the same position as any other person who has done work for another at his request , and could sue as soon as the work which he was retained to do was finished , without having delivered any signed bill of costs or waiting for any time after the delivery of such a bill . |